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Acton Free Wednaiday Decnmber Brand CM Mill ACTONS GRAND Old Man year old C Browne arrives with driver Clark to cast bis vote in Mondays municipal election Staff Photo ACTONS OLDEST Charles Kelly Browne cast his vote in Mondays municipal HAVING CAST his vote in Mondays municipal election 100 year old C K Browne leaves his polling station at Memorial Hall with his wife Doris and chauffeur Alvin Clark Staff Photo per cent voter at Changing concepts armors themo Changing concepts In agriculture and food is the theme of the upcoming threeday annual conference formerly called Farmers Week at the Ontario Agricultural College University of to be held January and 1971 The program will be divided into two parts with both parts running concurrently for three days One series of talks and discussions will focus on future food markets while the other will deal with our rural environment Programs each day will begin at am and end at 3 pm election Laura and Helen McMillan handed out ballots at Luxton Memorial Hall North Education Centre serves schools 11900 students By Bob Bart t When school doors swung open in September approximately students passed through them into the North Halton areas elementary and three secondary schools plus a school for retarded children According to educators the students opportunity to learn has never been greater There are teachers working in the North Halton schools as well as administrative and consulting staff working out of the North Education Centre located at Muton It is one of three district centres under the Halton County Board of Education Three assistant superin tendents two primary con sultants one consultant for each including art science and physical education work In the north Others at the centre in clude a a psychologist an attendance councillor and two men involved in plant maintenance The conglonwraUoa of con sultants and administrative personnel may frighten the average Joe Taxpayer wonders Just how far theyll be digging into bis pocket or education taxes each year However Nort Education Chairman Jim Morrison Insists the staff bat Is pared down as far as can and still operate on an efficient Contrary to what some people believe the consultants and really do serve a purpose and provide a batter education than the red school style of education once did Can detect Take the for Instance Once a chOd bad trouble with reading and mam was classed a slow learner and doomed to remain that way However a child in the same position now would be tested and often the testa indicate the chOd su from In other words be doesnt see the words in print the way others do and takes longer to read them fa this case the solution might be a pair of glasses or treatment by an optometrist The problem Is often picked op by a ivycbonxtridan Together with the psychologist perceptual or emotional problems can be discovered and often treated Seek solution At any rate the files a report with the chairman Often co operation between the psychologist and psychometrician or a community agency Is needed to outline steps that should be taken Miss Mary Kirk and Miss Carat Bailey work in the north as psychometrtcians and the Is Miss Isabel ivey Heading me ranks at the centre are three assistant superin tendents The three take on the responsibilities similar to that of what was once known as an in spector but with a wider range They now work with kin dergarten to grade IS while once elementary and schools had their own ad ministrative setups One of the advantages of the county system is the fact that the link between elementary and secondary schools has been welded where once each level of teachers held meetings separately they now meet together allowing grade nine teachers to know better what Is going on grade eight and vice versa According to Chai Morrison the county system has served link andpravidsa the first step toward continuous education For purposes of the three assistant superintendents the north area is divided Into three with etch division centering around one of the three high schools This way the assistant superintendents can follow the childs progress from kin dergarten to grade 13 A relatively new addition to the staff in the north Is BUI Coon who works as an attendance coun cillor The Job carries with It a stigma from the days of the truant officer Many people 1 look upon attendance councillors as dogcatchera after delinquent kids Mr Coon and others like him act on the referral of the school principal He serves as a catalyst for community agencies in cluding the Childrens Aid Society Health Unit Police Department and others that might become involved Awkward hoots Because his work necessitates home visits the attendance of ficer works long and awkward hours Each child he works with Is treated on an Individual basis Sometimes the problem of his poor attendance school Is a health matter and can be treated Other times the problem Is linked with a child who has fallen Into trouble with the law Basically Ms job is In the rehabilitation line Sometimes the officer will handle the problem himself In discussion with the child and his parents Other times hell call for on help from the psychologist Miss Hilda Clark works as a physlcaLeducatlon consultant with the north centre while John Battersby In art and Earl Phillips In science also work as consultants As consultants they work with teachers to improve programs set up workshops and develop new and better programs They are available to assist teachers in the Held of their specialty Also working with the north education centre but stationed In the schools are five lUnerent teachers two for speech and three for reading They provide urograms for those need special help In speech or reading While the argument about something being lost In modern education may have some merit there can be little doubt there Is more that can be done for the Individual today In todays schools with todays specialists than in the little red of yesterday Halton West nominating West New Democratic Party Association will hold a convention to name a candidate for the next provincial election The convention Is expected to be held In January Ted McDonald A Burlington school teacher held the post last election In when he lost out to Conservative George Kerr Ken- has since been named Minister of Energy and In the Ontario Cabinet Roberts may quit With rumors of Premier John stepping down there is some speculation about a spring election but others In political circles tend to feel the government will not hold the election next fall David Butler has declared himself as a candidate for the liberal nomination in East Dntributor of Horn and Farm Patrolaum Products Serving and Diirricr HEATING OIIS LUBRICATION OILS ft GREASES GASOLINES DIESEL FUEL Phone 8532174 Oil Young St Acton SUE I MONET MERES SHE SERE I THE ORIGINAL DISCOUNT FOOD STORE STILL THE AREAS LOWEST PRICES ON QUALITY MERCHANDISE FROM OUR MEAT DEPARTMENT BONELESS PORK LOIN 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